diff --git a/contrib/gmime-test.c b/contrib/gmime-test.c
index 2e797b31..12f27f61 100644
--- a/contrib/gmime-test.c
+++ b/contrib/gmime-test.c
@@ -46,13 +46,41 @@ get_recip (GMimeMessage *msg, GMimeRecipientType rtype)
         return recep;
 }
 
+static gchar*
+get_refs_str (GMimeMessage *msg)
+{
+	const gchar *str;
+	const GMimeReferences *cur;
+	GMimeReferences *mime_refs;
+	gchar *rv;
+	
+	str = g_mime_object_get_header (GMIME_OBJECT(msg),
+					"References");
+	if (!str)
+		return NULL;
+		
+	mime_refs = g_mime_references_decode (str);
+	for (rv = NULL, cur = mime_refs; cur;
+	     cur = g_mime_references_get_next(cur)) {
+			
+		const char* msgid;
+		msgid = g_mime_references_get_message_id (cur);
+		rv = g_strdup_printf ("%s%s%s",
+				      rv ? rv : "",
+				      rv ? "," : "",
+				      msgid);
+	}
+	g_mime_references_free (mime_refs);
+
+	return rv;
+}
 
 static gboolean
 test_message (GMimeMessage *msg)
 {
 	gchar *val;
 	const gchar *str;
-	
+		
 	g_print ("From   : %s\n", g_mime_message_get_sender (msg));
 
 	val = get_recip (msg, GMIME_RECIPIENT_TYPE_TO);
@@ -74,29 +102,12 @@ test_message (GMimeMessage *msg)
 	g_print ("Msg-id : %s\n", str ? str : "<none>");
 
 	{
-		str = g_mime_object_get_header (GMIME_OBJECT(msg),
-						"References");
-		/* get stuff from the 'references' header */
-		if (str) {
-			const GMimeReferences *cur;
-			GMimeReferences *mime_refs;
-
-			g_print ("Refs   : ");
-			
-			mime_refs = g_mime_references_decode (str);
-			for (cur = mime_refs; cur;
-			     cur = g_mime_references_get_next(cur)) {
-
-				const char* msgid;
-				msgid = g_mime_references_get_message_id (cur);
-				g_print ("%s%s",
-					 cur == mime_refs ? "" : ",",
-					 msgid ? msgid : "<huh?>");
-			}
-			g_print ("\n");
-			g_mime_references_free (mime_refs);
-		}	
+		gchar *refsstr;
+		refsstr = get_refs_str (msg);
+		g_print ("Refs   : %s\n", refsstr ? refsstr : "<none>");
+		g_free (refsstr);
 	}
+	 
 	
 	return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-find.c b/src/mu-cmd-find.c
index 639c3f0e..5009693f 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-find.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-find.c
@@ -554,14 +554,13 @@ print_summary (MuMsgIter *iter)
 
 
 static void
-thread_indent (MuMsgIter *iter, gboolean color)
+thread_indent (MuMsgIter *iter)
 {
 	const MuMsgIterThreadInfo *ti;
 	const char* threadpath;
 	int i;
 	gboolean is_root, first_child, empty_parent, is_dup;
-	
-	
+		
 	ti = mu_msg_iter_get_thread_info (iter);
 	if (!ti) {
 		g_warning ("cannot get thread-info for %s",
@@ -578,24 +577,18 @@ thread_indent (MuMsgIter *iter, gboolean color)
 	empty_parent = ti->prop & MU_MSG_ITER_THREAD_PROP_EMPTY_PARENT;
 	is_dup       = ti->prop & MU_MSG_ITER_THREAD_PROP_DUP;
 	
-	/* count the colons... */
+	/* FIXME: count the colons... */
 	for (i = 0; *threadpath; ++threadpath)
 		i += (*threadpath == ':') ? 1 : 0;
 	
 	/* indent */
 	while (i --> 0)
 		fputs ("  ", stdout);
-
-		if (color)
-		fputs (MU_COLOR_YELLOW, stdout);
-
+	
 	if (!is_root) {
 		fputs (first_child ? "`" : "|", stdout);
 		fputs (empty_parent ? "*> " : is_dup ? "=> " : "-> ", stdout);
 	}
-			
-	if (color)
-		fputs (MU_COLOR_DEFAULT, stdout);
 }
 
 
@@ -606,9 +599,12 @@ output_plain_fields (MuMsgIter *iter, const char *fields, gboolean color,
 {
 	const char* myfields;
 	size_t len;
-			
+
+	/* we reuse the color (whatever that may be)
+	 * for message-priority for threads, too */
+	ansi_color_maybe (MU_MSG_FIELD_ID_PRIO, color);
 	if (threads)
-		thread_indent (iter, color);
+		thread_indent (iter);
 		
 	for (myfields = fields, len = 0; *myfields; ++myfields) {
 
diff --git a/src/tests/test-mu-threads.c b/src/tests/test-mu-threads.c
index b8f45259..5553b73f 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-mu-threads.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-mu-threads.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fill_database (const char *testdir)
 	cmdline = g_strdup_printf ("%s index --muhome=%s --maildir=%s"
 				   " --quiet",
 				   MU_PROGRAM, tmpdir, testdir);
-	g_print ("%s\n", cmdline);
+	/* g_print ("%s\n", cmdline); */
 	
 	g_assert (g_spawn_command_line_sync (cmdline, NULL, NULL,
 					     NULL, NULL));